Burlington Opinion
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Veterans deserve better than they getNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Today, my flag goes to half staff for two brave young men who lost their lives while in service to our country -- Army Sgt. Joe Vanek, 22 of Elmhurst, who attended York ...
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Lane divider ball design looks oddNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I just noticed the newly designed lane dividers at Dundee Avenue and the Northwest Tollway in Elgin. It would look fine without all those concrete bowling ball-look ali...
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Hoping Illinois can be last on this listNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - With the articles in the news recently on the new coal-fired power plants for our state, without controls to limit or remove carbon dioxide from the exhaust, it is distu...
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Headline belies paper's own storiesNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - The headline in the Nov. 9 edition astounded me: "Ring it up for schools," followed by "New homes deliver windfall for District 158." How can the Daily Herald print a h...
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CorrectionNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - An editor's mistake created two errors in the Sunday letter by Shirley Sadjadi of Elgin. It should have read that under the Dream Act, "a student who qualifies would rec...
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City's Channing site handouts defy logicNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Following my recent letter to the Daily Herald, I was astonished to see the Elgin City Council further increased the subsidies to Aspen Homebuilders for the Channing Str...
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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Try some real facts about Dream ActNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - It appears that letter writer Jackson Rodgers, rather than syndicated columnist Cynthia Tucker, is doing a disservice to the public with his interpretation of Senate Bil...
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No deciphering the 'non-user friendly' or 'obscure' tax billNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When the property tax bill cometh, I normally listen for my husband's scream, drop a hand of commiseration on his shoulder and forget about it. Compelled by an odd masoc...
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Full I-88, Route 47 interchange worth studyNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Prairie Parkway proposal that would run north-south and connect to Interstates 80 and 90 along a line parallel to Route 47 certainly inspires more discussion, and co...